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ADDRESS OF  THE  BISHOP 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity-' 

In  welcoming  you  to  this  one  hundred  and  eighth  annual 
Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina,  I  have  to  note 
the  absense  of  one!  of  the  oldest  of  our  Clergy,  who  since  our 
last  meeting  has  been  called  to  a  higher  sphere  in  the  fellow- 
ship fo  Christ's  Church,  the  Rev.  Isaac  McKendree  Pitten- 
ger,  D.D.,  for  twenty-five  years  Rector  of  the  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh,  from  1892  to  1916.  He  was 
a  devoted  pastor,  a  diligent  preacher,  an  enterprising  ad- 
ministrator, given  to  hospitality,  and  loyal  to  the  Church 
and  to  its  teachings.  He  won  a  high  place  in  the  affections 
of  his  people,  and  left  behind  a  noble  monument  to  per- 
petuate the  memory  of  his  rectorship,  in  the  stately  and  beau- 
tiful Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  which  humanly  speaking 
would  never  have  been  built  in  its  fair  and  harmonious  pro- 
portions but  for  his  large  vision  and  consecrated  enthusiasm. 
Well  on  in  middle  life  when  he  came  to  this  Diocese,  he 
soon  became  thoroughly  identified  with  both  our  social  and 
our  church  life,  and  for  many  years  received  the  fullest 
confidence  of  the  Diocese,  and  served  in  the  most  important 
positions  within  the  gift  of  this  Convention. 

Having  completed  twenty-five  years  of  faithful  and  effec- 
tive service  as  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 
he  resigned  that  parish  in  the  autumn  of  the  year  191(3,  and 
for  a  year  or  two  undertook  missionary  work  in  the  vicinity 
of  Raleigh,  having  no  desire  or  purpose  to  retire  from  the 
exercise  of  his  ministry.  But  his  parochial  labors  had  been 
more  exhausting  than  either  1kj  or  his  Bishop  realized,  and  af- 
ter about  two  years  of  this  irregular  service,  often  interrupted 
by  ill  health  and  physicial   weakness,   he  was  compelled  to 


retire  from  active  work.  He  had  many  friends  in  the  Diocese, 
and  left  a  noble  monument  to  his  memory  in  the  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh. 

There  has  passed  from  ns  since  our  last  meeting  another 
of  our  brethren,  a  layman,  long  one  of  the  most  important 
and  zealous,  members  of  the  Convention,  and  for  thirty-eight 
consecutive  years  unfailing  in  his  attendance,  the  late  Charles 
E.  Johnson,  of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh.  For  thirty-four 
years,  from  1884  to  1!)18,  he  was  ourfaithful  and  efficient 
Treasurer,  and  for  thirty-two  years  one  of  the  Trustees  of 
the  Diocese.  He  had  been  my  friend  from  early  manhood, 
a  friendship  which  had  in  a  manner  come  down  to  us  from 
those  who  had  gone  before.  Our  official  connection,  com- 
bining with  our  personal  relations,  made  him  one  of  my  most 
intimate  associates  for  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life,  and 
I  cannot  but  be  deeply  affected  by  his  departure  from  us. 
He  was  to  me  a  kind,  considerate  and  unfailing  friend,  a 
wise  and  judicious  counsellor  both  in  matters  personal  and 
official.  He  was  not  only  our  faithful  and  efficient  Treas- 
urer for  thirty-four  years,  but  during  all  the  years  of  his 
service  in  this  Convention,  unprecedented,  so  far  as  I  remem- 
ber in  length  of  continued  and  unbroken  attendance,  he  was 
concerned  in  every  matter  affecting  the  interests  of  the  Dio- 
cese. There  was  nothing  of  importance  in  which  his  judg- 
ment and  experience^  were  not  helpful.  As  a  Trustee  of  St. 
Mary's  School  he  gave  much  time  and  thought  to  that  greatest 
of  our  Diocesan  enterprises,  having  served  on  its  Board  of 
Trustees,  as  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee,  from 
its  incorporation  in  1807  until  his  death.  Of  the  important 
place  he  occupied  in  the  community  and  the  positions  of 
trust  and  responsibility  he  so  successfully  filled,  1  will  not 
speak.  I  can  only  refer  thus  briefly  to  his  services  to  the 
Church  and  Convention.  He  was  a  devoted  son  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  North  Carolina. 


1923. 

My   official    acts    and    services    during    the   year   were    as 
follows : 

Jan.        16.     In    the    Church    of   the    Holy    Trinity,    Greensboro,   the 
parish  being  vacant,  I  baptized  an  infant. 

17.  Charlotte:  10  a.  m.  Presided  at  the  annual  meeting;  of 
the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage 
and  Training  Institution. 

4  p.  m.  Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Convocation  of  Charlotte. 

IS.     Meeting   of   the   Diocesan    Executive    Committee    in   St. 
Martin's  Church,  Charlotte. 
10:30  a.  m.     I  administered  the  Holy  Communion,  as- 
sisted by  Bishop  Penick. 
4:15   p.   m.     Attended    meeting   of  the   Executive   Com- 
mittee of  the  Convocation  of  Charlotte. 

23.  Warrenton,  Emmanuel  Church.      Axnual    Meeting    of 

the  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 
7:30    p.    m.     Said    evening    prayer,    assisted    by    Arch- 
deacon  Bethea;    Bishop   Penick  preached. 

24.  Meeting  of  the   Convocation   continued  throughout   the 

clay. 

9:30  a.  m.  I  administered  the  Holy  Communion;  offici- 
ated at  the  evening  service. 

9:30  p.  m.  Conference  with  the  vestry  and  congrega- 
tion of  Emmanuel  Church. 

25.  Feast  of  the  Conversion  of  St.  Paul. 

9:30  a.  m.  In  the  same  church  administered  the  Holy 
Communion,  assisted  by  Bishop  Penick.  Attended  the 
closing  session  of  the  Convocation. 

26.  After   conference    in    Raleigh    with    Bishop   Penick   and 

Bishop  Delany,  I  requested  Bishop  Penick  to  take  the 
general  supervision  of  the  work  of  our  Colored  Con- 
vocation, and   he  very  kindly   consented   to  do  so. 

Feb.  4.     Sexagesima  Sunday.     Raleigh. 

11  a.  m.  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:  I  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion. 

5  p.  m.  In  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  officiated 
with  the  rector. 


Feb.  6.     Monroe.     St.   Paul's   Church.   Annual   Meeting   of   the 

Convocation*  of  Charlotte. 
7:30    p.    m.     Officiated    with    other    clergy    at    evening 
prayer.     Bishop  Penick  preached. 

7.  In  the  same  church  attended  the  services  and  sessions  of 

the  Convocation  and  officiated  at  evening  prayer. 

8.  In   the   same   church  attended  the   closing  service  and 

sessions  of  the  Convocation. 

9.  8  p.  m.     Raleigh.     Attended  a  conference  of  the  minis- 

ters of  the  city  to  oppose  the  enactment  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  State  of  a  law  making  insanity 
a  ground  for  a  divorce  a  vinculo  matrimonii. 
11.     Quinquagesima  Sunday.     Henderson.     Visitations. 

11    a.    m.     Church    of    the'   Holy    Innocents.     Preached, 
confirmed  and  addressed  8  persons  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
2:30    p.    m.     In    St.    John's    Chapel,    preached   and   con- 
firmed 2  persons. 
14.     Ash  Wednesday  and  the  threte  following  days,  the  15th, 
16th  and  17th  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Louisburg,  at  7:30 
p.  m.  the  Priest  in  charge  being  temporarily  disabled, 
I    said    the    evening    prayer    and    preached.     On    the 
evening    of    the    17th    I    confirmed    and    addressed    8 
persons. 
16.     In  St.  Matthias'  Church,  Louisburg,  at  11:30  a.  m.,  said 

morning  prayer  and  preached. 
18.     The  first  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

Kittrell,  St.  James's  Church.    Confirmed  one  person  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
21.     In  St.  Bartholomew's  Church,  Pittsboro,  officiated  at  a 
funeral. 
8  p.  m.     Raleigh.     Church     of     the     Good     Shepherd: 
preached. 
25.     The  Second  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

11    a.    m.     Durham.     St.    Phillip's    Church.     Confirmed 
16  persons,  preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
4:15  p.  m.     In.  same  parish  confirmed  in  private  a  sick 
woman  and  two  other  members  of  her  family. 
28.     Raleigh.     Church     of     the     Good     Shepherd.     8     p.    m. 
preached. 
March      4.     Third  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.     Littleton.     St.  Alban's  Church.     Preache'd  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 


March      4.     4   p.   m.     Ringwood.     St.  Clement's  Church.       Preached 
and  confirmed  one  person. 

7.     Raleigh.     Church     of     the     Good     Shepherd.       8.  p.  m. 
Preached. 

11.     The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

11  a.   m.     Pittsboro.     St.   Bartholomew's   Church.     Con- 
firmed 2  persons,  preached  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
4:30   p.   m.     In   Sanford.     Confirmed   a   sick   woman    in 
private. 
7:30  p.  m.     Sanford.     St.  Thomas's  Church.     Preached. 

14.  Raleigh.     Church     of     the     Good     Shepherd.     8   p.  m. 

Preached. 

15.  Durham.     St.  Phillip's  Church.     8  p.  m.     Preached  and 

confirmed  4  persons. 

18.  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Chapel  Hill.  Chapel  of  the  Cross.  Preached 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

3:30  p.  m.  Had  a  conference  with  the  Vestry  concern- 
ing proposed  new  church. 

7:45  p.  m.  In  same  church,  preached  and  confirmed  and 
addressed  9  persons. 

19.  In  the  same  church.    5  p.  m.     Preached. 

20.  In  the  same  church.     5  p.  m.     Preached. 

21.  Raleigh.     Attended  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee 

of  the  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 

22.  Raleigh.     Chapel  of  St.  Augustine's  School.     6:15  p.  m. 

Made  an  address. 
25.     Palm  Sunday.     Raleigh.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.     Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School.     The  Rector  be- 
ing ill  I  preached  and  administered   the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
5   p.   m.     In  same   chapel 'said   evening  service. 
S  p.  m.     Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd.     Preached  and 
confirmed  8  persons. 
30.     Good  Friday.     Raleigh. 

10:30  a.  m.     Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd.     Officiated 
with  the  Rector  in  the  services  for  the  day. 
April        1.     Easter  Day.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Warrenton.  Emmanuel  Church.  Morning 
prayer  and  Holy  Communion,  assisted  by  the  Rev. 
John  H.  Crosby,  Rector.  I  confirmed  one  person  and 
preached. 

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April  1.  3:30  p.  m.  Ridgeway.  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd. 
The  Rector  being  absent  I  said  evening  prayer  and 
preached. 

2.     Easter  Monday.     Middleburg.     Visitation. 

7:30  p.  m.     Preached  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

7.  Charlotte.  St.  Peter's  Church:     Officiated  at  a  marriage. 

8.  The  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitation. 

Southern    Pines,    Emmanuel    Church:     Preached    and 
confirmed  5  persons. 

9.  Visited  the  State  institution  known  as  Samarcand,  in 

Moore    County.     Conferred    with   the'   Superintendent 
and  made  an  address  in  the  Assembly  Hall. 

11.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church.       Annual  Meeting  of  the  Dio- 

cesan Branch  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 
7:30    a.    m.     Administered    the    Holy    Communion;    at- 
tended the  business  sessions  during  the  day,  and  offi- 
ciated at  the  evening  service. 

12.  Northampton  County,  St.  Luke's  Church.     Visitation. 
8  p.  m.     Preached  and  confirmed  2  persons. 

13     Roanoke'  Rapids,  All  Saint's  Church.     Visitation. 
8  p.  m.     Preached;   confirmed  15  persons. 

15.     The  Second  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitations. 

11    a.   m.     Jackson    Church    of   the    Saviour:     Adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion  and  preached. 
7:30  p.  m.     Weldon,  Grace  Church:     Preached  and  con- 
firmed 9  persons. 

17.  Chapel  Hill.  In  company  with  Bishop  Penick  and  rep- 
resentatives of  other  Christian  Communions  in  this 
State  had  Conference  with  President  Chase  upon  the 
subject  of  the  systematic  study  of  the'  Holy  Scriptures 
in  the  State  University. 

19.  Tarboro:  Assisted  by  the  Rev.  Bertram,  E.  Brown  and 
the  Rev.  Saml.-W.  Hale,  I  laid  the'  cornerstone  of  the 
Cheshire  Memorial  Parish  House  of  Calvary  Church, 
named  in  honor  of  the  former  Rector  of  that  parish, 
and  made  an  address. 

22.     The  Third  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitation. 

Raleigh,  Christ  Church:  Confirmed  18  persons;  preached 
and   administered   Holy   Communion. 

27.     6  p.  m.     Tarboro,  Calvary  Church.     Confirmed  11  per- 
sons. 
8  p.  m.     Macclesfield.     Visitation.     Preached,  made  an 
address  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

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April         29.     The  Fourth  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitation. 

11  a.  m.     Raleigh,  St.  Saviours  Church:     Confirmed  21 
persons,    preached   and   administered   the   Holy   Com- 
munion. 
May  1.     Raleigh:     Confirme'd  sick  man  in  private. 

3.     Attended    meeting   of   the   Executive   Committee   of   St. 

Mary's  School. 
6.     The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Easter.     Raleigh 

11    a.    m.     Church    of   the    Good    Shepherd:     Admin- 
istered the1  Holy  Communion. 
S.     The    107th    Annual    Convention    of    the    Diocese    oi? 
North  Carolina.     Oxford,  St.  Stphen's  Church. 
7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

10  a.  m.     Called  the  Convention  to  order. 

11  a.  m.  Officiated  at  the  opening  service',  assisted  by 
Bishop  Penick  and  the  other  clergy  of  the'  Diocese; 
presided  during  the  business  session  of  the  Conven- 
tion, officiated  at  the  evening  service'  and  delivered 
my  Annual  Address  to  the  Convention. 

9.     7:30    a.    m.     Oxford,    St.    Cyprian's    Church:     Adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion. 
9:30  a.  m.     In     St.     Stephen's     Church;     Officiated     at 
morning    prayer,    presided    in    the    business    sessions 
during  the  day,  and  officiated  at  the  closing  service. 
10.     Ascension  Day. 

Oxford,  St.  Stephen's  Church:     Administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
14.     Raleigh,    In    St.    Augustine's    Chapel:     Officiated    at    a 

funeral. 
16.     Raleigh.     Attended    meeting   of   the    Standing   Commit- 
tee. 

20.     Whitsunday. 

Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church. 

7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

11  a.  m.  Officiate'd  with  the  Rector,  Rev.  Sidney  S. 
Bost,  at  morning  prayer  and  made  an  address  in  refer- 
ence to  the  completion  by  the  Rector  of  twenty-five 
years'  service  in  that  parish.  Dr.  John  H.  Manning 
also  spoke  on  behalf  of  the  congregation. 

5  p.  m.     Raleigh,  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School.  Visitation. 
Confirmed  3  persons  and  preached. 
27.     Trinity  Sunday.     Raleigh. 

7:50  a.  m.  St.  Mary's  Chapel:  Administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 


May  27.  11  a.  m.  In  the  same  place:  Officiated  with  the  Rev. 
Warren  W.  Way  at  morning  prayer.  The  commence- 
ment sermon  was  preached  by  the,  Rt.  Rev.  Kirkman 
G.  Finlay,  D.D. 

5  p.  m.     Chapel  of  St.  Augustine's   School:     Officiated 
at  evening  prayer.     The  commencement  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  John  W.  Herritage. 
8.   p.   m.     Church   of  the   Good   Shepherd:     Officiated 
with  the  Rector  at  evening  prayer. 

29.  Raleigh.     11  a.  m.     Attended  the  Commencement  exer- 

cises of  St.  Mary's  School,  and  officiated  at  the  closing 
service  in  the  Chapel,  and  delivered  the  diplomas  to 
the  graduates. 
3  p.  m.     Presided  in  the  Annual  Me'eting  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  St.  Mary's  School. 

30.  Raleigh.     10  a.  m.     Presided  in  the  Commencement  exer- 

cises of  St.  Augustine's  School. 
2:30  p.  m.     Presided  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the'  Trus- 
tees of  St.  Augustine's  School. 

June         5.     Wilson.  St.  Timothy's  Church:     Officiated  at  a  wedding. 
19.     Raleigh:     Attended  a   meeting   of   the   Executive   Com- 
mittee' of  St.  Mary's   School. 

23.  Edgecombe  County,  St.  Wilfrid's  Mission: 

8:15   p.   m.     Visitation.     Baptized   3    children   and   con- 
firmed 3  persons. 

24.  The   Fourth    Sunday   after    Trinity.     St.    John   Bai)tist 

Day. 
7.30    a.    m.     Tarboro,    Calvary    Church:      Administered 

the  Holy  Communion. 
11   a.   m.     Edgecombe     County,      St.     Ann's     Mission: 

Ble'ssed  and  opened  for  service  the  Chapel  "St.  Ann 

in    the   Oaks";    made    an    address,    and    confirmed    4 

persons. 
8:15  p.  m.     Old  Sparta,  St.  Ignatius  Chapel:     I  baptized 

4  children,  and  confirmed  3  persons,  and  preached. 
JuTy  8.     The    Sixth    Sunday   after    Trinity.     Visitations. 

11:30   a.   m.     Cunningham     Chapel,      Person     County: 

Preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Roxboro,  in  public  hall:     Preached. 

10.  Leaksville  Church    of    the    Epiphany:     Preached,    con- 

firmed and  addre'ssed  2  persons. 

11.  Stoneville,  Church  of  the  Messiah:     Preached  and  con- 

firmed 6  pe'rsons. 


July  13.  Mecklenburg,  St.  Mark's  Church:  S  p.  m.  Officiated  at 
evening  prayer. 

15.     The  Seventh  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.     In  the  same  church:     Officiated  with  Bishop 

Pe'nick  at  his  visitation. 
7:30  p.  m.     Salisbury.  St.  Paul's  Church:     Said  evening 

prayer  and  preached. 

17.  Conference  in  Durham  with  the  Rector  and  Warden  of 
Chapel  of  the  Crass,  Chapel  Hill,  and '  Mr.  Wm.  A. 
Erwin  in  regard  to  plans  for  new  church  at  Chapel 
Hill. 

Aug.  12.  The  Eleventh  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Raleigh,  Church 
of  the  Good  Shepherd,  the  Rector'  absent. 

7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

11  a.  m.  Said  morning  prayer  and  the  Litany  and 
preached. 

6  p.  m.     Said  evening  prayer. 

19.  The  Twelfth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Raleigh,  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd.  In  the  absence  of  the  Rector 
administered  the  Holy  Communion  at  7:30  a.  m.  and 
at  11  a.  m.  said  morning  prayer  and  preached. 

Sept.         1.     Annual  Meeting  of  .the  Colored  Convocation. 
Charlotte,  Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels. 
7:30   p.    m.     Officiated    with    Bishop    Delany   and    other 
clergy  at  the  opening  service,  and  made  an  address. 

2.     The  Fourteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

9  a.  m.  Charlotte,  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter: 
Confirmed  one  person. 

10  a.  m.  Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels:  Offi- 
ciate'd  at  the  services  with  Bishop  Delaney,  and  again 
at  the  evening  service,  and  at  the  latter  made  an 
address. 

5.  Raleigh:  Attended  meeting  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  St.  Mary's  School. 

19.  Raleigh:  Attended  meeting  of  the  Executive'  Commit- 
tee of  the  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 

.20.  Greensboro:  Attended  meeting  of  the  Diocesan  Execu- 
tive' Committee. 

27.  Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  School:  Officiated  af  opening 
service  of  the  new  school  year,  and  made  an  address. 

30.     The  Eighteenth   Sunday  after   Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Williansboro,  St.  John's  Church:  Preached 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

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7:30     p.     m.     Townesville,      Holy      Trinity"     Church: 
Preached. 
Oct.  4.     Scotland  Neck:     Conference   with  a  committee   of  the 

Vestry  in  regard  to  the  erection  of  a  Parish  House. 
5.     7:30  p.  m.     Spring  Hope,  St.  Jude's  Church.     Visitation. 
Preached  and  confirmed  2  persons. 

7.  The  Nineteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent:  Preached, 
confirmed  4  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7:30  p.  m.     Battleboro,  St.  John's  Church:     Preached. 

8.  Raleigh:     4  p.  m.     Attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the 

Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shep- 
herd, and  made  an  address. 
10.  Northampton  County,  St.  Luke's  Church:  Attended  a 
meeting  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the  Edgecombe 
District,  including  Edgecombe,  Halifax,  Northampton, 
Nash  and  Wilson;  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion at  the  opening  service. 

13.  Raleigh,   Christ  Church:     Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

14.  The  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.     Duke,  St.  Stephen's  Church:     Consecrated  the 
new  church  building,  made  an  address,  confirmed  6 
persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Smithfield,  St.  Paul's  Church:     Preached. 
21.     The   Twenty-first   Sunday   after   Trinity.     Visitations. 
11   a.   m.     Hillsboro,   St.   Matthews'   Church:     Preached 

and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
4  p.  m.     Orange  County,  St.  Mary's  Church:     Preached 
and  confirmed  one  person. 
28.     The  Twenty-second  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

10  a.  m.  Warrenton,  Emmanuel  Church:  Had  a  con- 
ference with  the  Vestry. 

11  a.  m.  Administered  the  Holy  Communion,  assisted 
by  the  Rev.  John  H.  Crosby;  preached  and  confirmed 
4  persons. 

7:30    p.    m.     West     Durham,      St.      Joseph's     Church: 
Preached,   confirmed   and  addressed  7   persons. 

30.  Chapel  Hill,  Chapel  of  the  Cross:     Attended  a  Diocesan 

Conference  on  Social  Service,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion  at  the'  opening  of  the  meeting,  10:45 
a.  m. 

31.  Jackson,   Church   of  the   Saviour:     7:30     p.     m.     Said 

evening  prayer  and  preached. 

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Nov.         4.     The  Twenty-third  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Tarboro,  Calvary  Church:  Preached  and  con- 
firmed 4  persons. 

3:30  p.  m.     Edgecombe  County,  St.  Matthew's  Church: 
Dedicated  a  bell;    confirmed  8  persons,  and  made  an 
address. 
11.     The  Twejity-fourth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

8  ay  m.  Charlotte,  St.  Martin's  Church:  Administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 

11  a.  m.  In  the  same  church:  Said  morning  prayer 
and  preached. 

3:30    p.    m.     Mecklenburg   County,    St    Mark's   Church: 
Said  evening  prayer  and  preached. 
18.     The  Twenty-fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Raleigh. 

3:30  p.  m.     In  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:     Said 

evehing  prayer  and  baptized  an  infant. 

21.  Raleigh:     Attended   a   meeting  of  the  Executive'  Com- 

mittee of  St.  Augustine's  School. 

22.  Scotland   Neck,    Trinity  Church:     Officiated   at   a   mar- 

riage. 
25.     The  Sunday  next  before  Advent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Oxford,  St.  Stephen's  Church:  Pre'ached,  con- 
firmed 7  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7  p.  m.     Stovall,  St.  Peter's  Church:     Preached. 
Dec.  2.     The  First  Sunday  in  Advent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Halifax,  St.  Mark's  Church:  Preached,  con- 
firmed one  person,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7:30  p.  m.  Scotland  Neck,  Trinity  Church:  Confirmed 
17  persons. 

5.  Edgecombe    County,    St.    Wilifrid's    Mission:     8    p.    m. 

Confirmed  3  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

6.  Old   Sparta,   St.    Ignatius'   Church:     8   p.   m.     Made  an 

address,  and  confirmed  4  persons. 

7.  Edgecombe   County,    St.   Matthew's   Church:        8    p.   m. 

Baptized  an  adult,  confirmed  6  persons,  and  made  an 
address. 

8.  Wilson:     Confirmed  a  sick  woman  in  private. 

9.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Advent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church:  Preached,  con- 
firmed 17  persons  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7:30  p.  m.     Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 
Preached  and  confirmed  5  persons. 
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Dec.        12.     Raleigh:     Attended   a  meeting  of  the   Executive   Com- 
mittee of  the  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 
16.     The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent.     Raleigh,  Church  of  the 
Good     Shepherd:     11     a.     m.     Ordained     a     Deacon, 
preached,  and  administered  the'  Holy  Communion. 
23.     The   Fourth   Sunday   in   Advent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Warrenton,  Emmanuel  Church:  Inducted  the 
Rev.  Belford  Northrup  DeFoe  Wagner;  preached,  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.  Roanoke  Rapids,  All  Saints'  Church: 
Preached,  and  confirmed  10  persons. 
25.  Christmas  Day.  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 
Administered   the   Holy   Communion. 

30.  The  Sunday  after  Christmas.     Raleigh,   Church  of  the 

Good  Shepherd:     Preached. 

31.  HilLsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church:  Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

One'  or  two  of  the  above-mentioned  services  demand  a  somewhat 
fuller  detail. 

October  14th,  being  the  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  I  conse- 
crated the  new  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Duke,  built  to  replace  the 
building  destroyed  by  fire  a  year  ago.  The  Rev.  Sidney  S.  Bost 
preached  the  sermon,  the  Petition  for  Consecration  was  read  by  Mr. 
Edwin  A.  Bost,  representing  the  congregation,  and  the  Sentence  of 
Consecration  by  Archdeacon  Bethea. 

December  16th,  being  the  Third  Sunday  in  Advent,  in  the  Church 
cf  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh,  I  ordained  to  the  Diaconate  Clarence 
Oliver  Pardo.  The  candidate  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  N.  Collin 
Hughe's,  D.D.  I  preached  the  sermon.  I  was  assisted  in  the  services 
by  Archdeacon  Bethea  and  the  Rev.  Henry  G.  Lane,  Rector  of  the 
parish.  I  delivered  to  the  newly  ordained  Deacon  a  license'  to 
preach. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  preceding  account  of  the  year's  services, 
that  I  have'  officiated  on  135  occasions,  have  administered  the  Holy 
Communion  40  times;  have  delivered  64  sermons,  and  19  addresses; 
have  baptized  9  infants,  and  1  adult;  have  confirmed  281,  and  have 
officiated  at  2'-  marriages  and  4  funerals;  have  ordained  one  Deacon 
and  consecrated  one  Church. 

Including  the  confirmations  reported  by  Bishop  Penick  and  by 
Bishop  Delaney,  the  whole  number  for  the  year  1923  is  722.  Bishop 
Delaney's  report  shows  also  one  ordination  to  the  Diaconate,  so 
that  the  total  of  ordinations  in  the  Diocese  during  1923  is  two. 

I  officiated  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  Diocese: 
April     IS.     In  St.  Paul's  Church,  Edenton,  I  officiated  with  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Drane,  Rector  and  Bishop  Darst,  at  a  marriage. 

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May  24.  In  St.  James'  Chuch,  Wilmington:  Officiated  with  other 
clergymen,  at  the'  funeral  of  my  friend  and  parish- 
oner,  the  late  Hon.  Piatt  D.  Walker,  one  of  the  Judges 
of  our  Supreme  Court. 

June         10.     In    Hartford,    Connecticut,    officiated    at    an    open    air 
service  on  the  Campus  of  Trinity  College,  in  connec- 
tion  with  the  Centennary  of  the  foundation   of  this 
college,  my  Alma  Mater. 
17.     The  Third  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

In  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Renssalaer,  N.  Y.,  I 
administered  the  Holy  Communion  at  the  early  serv- 
ice, and  assisted  at  the  11  a.  m.  service  and  preached. 
27.  In  St.  Paul's  Church  Norfolk,  participated  in  the 
services  commemorating  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  ordination  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Beverley  D.  Tucker, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  Southern  Virginia. 

July        29.     The  Ninth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  a  private 
house  in  All  Faith  Parish,  St.  Mary's  County,  Md., 
with  the  consent  of  the  Rector  of  the  Parish,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  aged  and  infirm  members  of  the  house- 
hold. 

Aug.  5.  In  All  Faith  Church,  St.  Mary's  County,  Diocese  of 
Washington,  in  the  absence  of  the  Rector,  said  morn- 
ing prayer,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
6.  In  same  parish  again  administered  the  Holy  Communion 
in  a  private'  house  for  the  benefit  of  agedi  and  infirm 
members  of  the  household. 
26.     The  Thirteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

In  the  Chapel  at  Valle  Crucis,  Diocese  of  Western  North 
Carolina,  preached  and  administered  the'  Holy  Com- 
munion, being  assisted  in  the  services  by  Archdeacon 
Hardin  and  the  Rev.  James  Preston  Burke,  Prie'st  in 
charge. 

Sept.         9.     The  Fifteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

In  the  Church  of  the  Resurrection,  Little  Switzerland. 
Diocese  of  Western  North  Carolina,  at  11  a.  m.,  said 
morning  prayer,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion.  In  the  afternoon  held  an  informal 
service  with  the  neighboring  mountain  people,  and 
made  an  address. 
12.  Morganton,  Grace  Church,  in  same  Diocese,  preached 
the  sermon  at  the  se'rvice  in  commemoration  of  the 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  ordination  of  the  Rev. 
Edmund  N.  Joyner. 
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Oct.         22.     In  St.  Paul's  Church,  Chattanooga,  attended  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Provincial  Synod  of  the  Fourth  Province, 
the  Province'  of  Sewanee,  on  this  and  the  two  follow- 
ing days,  and  participated  in  proceedings  and  services 
of  the  Synod. 
Nov.         8.     Calvary  Church,  Henderson  County,  Diocese  oil  Western 
North  Carolina:       Officiated  at  a  marriage. 
14  and  15.     Attended  the  special  me'eting  of  the  House  of  Bishops 
in   St.   Matthew's   Cathedral,   Dallas,  Texas,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  services  incident  thereto. 
Services   outside  the   Diocese,   11:     Administered  the   Holy   Com- 
munion 5  times,  preached  4  times,  made  one  address,  officiate'd  at 
two  marriages  and  at  one  funeral. 

We  have  lost  from  the  Diocese  since  the  Convention  of 
1023  the  following  clergymen: 

The  Rev.  Isaac  McKendree  Pittinger,  died  November  7th. 
By  transfer  to  other  Dioceses: 

The  Rev.  James  Preston  Burke,  June  1st  to  Western  North  Caro- 
lina. 

The  Rev.  William  E.  Allen,  Jr.,  Aug.  1st  to  Texas. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  N.  Lawrence,  Oct.  27th  to  Washington. 

The  Rev.  Charles  F.  Westman,  Nov.  1st  to  Massachusetts. 

The  Rev.  John  Hartley,  Dec.  5th  to  East  Carolina. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  D.  C.  Wilson,  Dec.  31st  to  Atlanta. 

We  have  gained  by  Letters  Dimissory  from  other  Dioceses  . 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Hoyle  Hudson  (colored)  Priest,  June  20th  from 
West  Virginia. 

The  Rev.  Charles  P.  Holbrook,  Priest,  Sept  27th  from   Southern 
Virginia. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Theodore  McDuffie,  (colored)  Priest,  from  South- 
ern Virginia. 

The  Rev.  Kenneth  Leigh  Houlder,  Priest,  Nov.  21st  from  Cuba. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Baker  Scovil,  Priest.  Nov.  23d  from  Los  Angeles. 

The    Rev.    Aaron    Burtis    Hunter,    D.D.,    Priest,    Dec.    10th    from 
"Churches  in  Europe." 

The  Rev.  Belford  Northrup  DeFoe  Wagner,  Priest,  Dec.  18th  from 
Virginia. 

The   Rev.   Royal   Graham    Shannonhouse,   Priest.   Jan.    30th,   1924 
from  Georgia. 

The   Rev.    George    M.    Manley,   Priest.   March    6th    from   Western 
North  Carolina. 

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The  Rev.  Clarence  Edward  Buxton,  Pirest,  March  31st  from  South 
West  Virginia. 

The  following-  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  fields  of 
labor  of  the  clergy. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Crosby  in  October  resigned  the  rectorship  of 
Emmanuel  Church,  Warrenton,  and  the  charge  of  Ridgeway  and 
Littleton,  and  has  been  placed  in  charge  of  All  Saints,  Hamlet,  and 
St.  David's  Church,  Laurinburg. 

The  Rev.  Sam'l.  W.  Hale  has  resigned  his  work  as  assistant  to  the 
Rev.  Bertram  E.  Brown  of  Calvary  Church,  Tarboro,  and  is  at  pres- 
ent pursuing  his  studies  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary. 

The  Rev.  John  F.  Hamaker,  after  resigning  Calvary  Church, 
Wadesboro  and  accepting  work  in  the  Porter  Military  Academy  in 
Charleston,  S.  C,  has  resumed  the  rectorship  of  the  parish  at  Wades- 
boro. 

The  Rev.  Howard  S.  Hartzell  has  resigned  charge  of  All  Saints,' 
Hamlet,  and  confines  himself  to  the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Rock- 
ingham. 

The  Rev.  Clarence  0.  Pardo,  ordained  to  the  Diaconate  December 
16th,  is  officiating  under  the  direction  of  Ar-chdeacon  Bethea  in 
Edgecombe  County  at  Macclesfield,  and  also  has  charge  of  St. 
Inatius  Mission,  Old  Sparta. 

The  Rev.  Charles  B.  Scoville  received  from  the  Diocese  of  Los  An- 
geles, has  become  Rector  of  All  Saints  Church,  Concord,  and  is  also 
secretary  of  the  Diocesan  Board  of  Religious  Education,  giving  much 
of  his  time  to  this  important  work. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Hudson  has  been  put  in  charge  of  our  colored 
congregation  of  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer  in  Greensboro,  and  also 
does  mission  work  in  High  Point. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  T.  McDuffie  is  in  charge  of  St.  Stephen's  colored 
congregation  in  Winston-Salem. 

The  Rev.  Charles  P.  Holbrook  has  become  Rector  of  Emmanuel 
Church,  Southern  Pines,  and  visits  also  Pine  Bluff  and  the  State  In- 
stitution at  Samarcand.  At  the  request  of  Bishop  Darst  he  also 
gives  regular  ministrations  at  the  State  Tuberculosis  Sanatorium 
across  the  line  in  Hoke  County. 

The  Rev.  Kenneth  L.  Houlder  has  under  his  charge  St.  Paul's  and 
St.  Peter's  churches  in  Salisbury. 

The  Rev.  Belford  N.  DeFoe  Wagner  has  become  Rector  of  Emman- 
uel Church,  Warrenton,  and  has  charge  also  of  the  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd,  Ridgeway  and  St.  Albion's,  Littleton. 

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The  Rev.  Royal  G.  Shannonhouse  has  become  Rector  of  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Church,  Pittsboro,  and  serves  also  St.  Thomas'  Church, 
Sanford. 

The  Rev.  Geo.  M.  Manley  has  charge  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
Duke  and  St.  Paul's,  Smithfleld. 

The  Rev.  Clarence  E.  Baxton  is  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Greensboro. 

The  Rev.  Harry  O.  Nash,  having  resigned  St.  Andrew's,  Greens- 
boro, has  been  sent  by  our  Missionary  Department  to  a  hard  mis- 
sionary field  in  Mexico  where  he  is  working  with  his  accustomed 
zeal  and  self-sacrifice.  He  desires,  however,  to  preserve  his  connec- 
tion with  this  Diocese,  and  I  am  sure  we  feel  it  an  honor  and  a  hap- 
piness to  have  his  name  on  our  roll;  and  trust  we  may  all  remember 
him  and  his  devoted  family  in  our  prayers. 

The  Rev.  A.  Burtis  Hunter,  D.D.,  has  given  up  his  work  in  our 
American  churches  in  Europe,  and  having  retired  from  active  serv- 
ice, has  desired  to  return  to  his  canonical  connection  with  this  Dio- 
cese, though  residing  in  East  Orange,  N.  J.  I  believe  all  who  re- 
member him  during  his  long  and  able  service  among  us,  rejoice  to 
have  renewed  even  this  connection,  and  it  would  be  a  very  great 
happiness  to  us  all  if  Dr.  Hunter  and  his  noble  wife  could  resume 
their  residence  in  the  Diocese. 

The  candidates  for  Orders  in  the  Diocese  at  the  present 
time  are: 
George  Crummell  Polard  and  Leister  Foulk  Kent. 

The  Postulants  are : 

William  Arthur  Lillycrop,  Henry  Cornelius  Hester,  Daniel  Webster 
Allen,  Andrew  Dallam  Millstead,  Worth  Bagley  Wicker,  John  Burch 
Woodruff,   Alfred   Edwin   Mennell. 

In  speaking  of  the  condition  of  the  Diocese  I  must  first 
of  all  congratulate  the  Diocese  and  myself  as  your  Bishop,  up- 
on the  happy  results  of  our  action  in  providing  a  Bishop  Co- 
adjutor for  the  work.  Every  interest  of  the  Church  has 
felt  the  benefit  of  his  earnest  spirit  and  his  devoted  and 
well-directed  labors.  To  me  he  is  a  true  helper,  both  in  tak- 
ing upon  himself  so  great  a  part  of  the  visitation  of  parishes 
and  missions,  and  also  in  the  inward  confidence  and  assur- 
ance I  find  in  knowing  that  he  so  effectually  supplies  any 
lack  of  service  occasioned  by  my  increasing  years.  He  al- 
ls 


ready  receives  from  both  clergy  and  people  that  full  confi- 
dence, affection,  and  cooperation  which  have  made  my  own 
thirty  years  as  your  Bishop  so  blessed  to  myself  and  so 
fruitful  of  results  in  the  life  of  the  Diocese. 

I  must  also  say  a  word  as  to  the  happy  development  of 
the  work  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage  and  Training  Institu- 
tion. The  upward  movement  in  its  life,  which  began  a  few 
years  ago  under  Mr.  Smith,  has  received  a  very  distinct 
stimulus  and  a  notable  expansion  under  the  administration 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wheeler.  He  has  clear  and  comprehensive 
views  of  what  an  institution  should  be ;  and  its  Board  of 
Managers,  and  its  friends  generally  throughout  the  Diocese, 
recognize,  and  are  responsive  to,  his  enlarged  and  generous 
schemes  of  advanced  work,  both  in  its  material  ecpiipment 
and  its  internal  administration. 

I  could  say  much,  did  time  allow,  of  St.  Mary's  School, 
which  was  never  more  prosperous  in  its  material  condition 
and  appointments,  and  which  seems  gradually,  if  slowly,  to 
be  gathering  the  elements  of  permanent  stability  and  healthy 
development  and  expansion.  The  report  of  its  Trustees  and 
the  presence  of  its  faithful  Rector  with  us,  will  afford  further 
and  more  particular  information  of  its  condition. 

I  must  mention  also  St.  Augustine's  School,  which  is  not 
a  diocease  institution,  but  which  is  necessarily  most  intimat- 
ely and  vitally  connected  with  our  work  for  our  large  and 
prosperous  and  increasingly  intelligent  negro  population. 
St.  Augustine's  School  is  on  the  eve  of  a  very  considerable 
development  of  its  work  and  enlargment  of  its  scope.  By 
the  generosity  of  its  friends,  and  the  very  liberal  assistance 
of  the  General  Education  Board,  a  new  building  for  ad- 
ministration offices  and  for  lecture  halls  and  class  rooms,  to 
cost  eighty  thousand  dollars,  is  now  under  contract  and  in 
process  of  erection.  This  building  will  not  only  afford 
ample  room  for  the  convenient  and  effective  administration 
of  its  business  and  the  better  instruction  of  its  classes,  but 
by  releasing  space  now  used   for  those  purposes,   will   very 

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considerably  increase  its  capacity  to  receive  in  larger  num- 
bers that  very  intelligent  and  important  class  of  young  colored 
men  and  women  who  are  seeking  to  take  advantage  of  its 
intellectual  training  and  its  Christian  nurture.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Goold,  Principal  of  the  school,  is  proving  in  ever  increasing 
measure  a  worthy  successor  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hunter,  to  whom 
the  beginning  of  this  development  of  the  work  is  largely  due. 

One  further  reference  I  cannot  deny  myself  to  these 
material  accessories  of  the  Church's  work  and  visible  evi- 
dences of  its  growth  and  power.  An  inexperienced  and  un- 
trained Deacon  I  was  sent  by  my  Bishop  straight  from  my 
ordination  to  take  charge  of  the  church  at  Capel  Hill  in  May, 
1878,  the  first  resident  minister  after  the  revival  of  the  Uni- 
versity in  1875.  A  small  body  of  students,  a  handful  of  village 
people,  and  three  of  four  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  Uni- 
versity, welcomed  me,  bore  with  my  faults  and  deficiencies, 
and  held  up  my  feeble  hands.  The  beautiful,  but  at  that 
time  rather  shabby-looking,  church  built  chiefly  by  the  ex- 
ertions of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Mercer  Green,  afterwards  Bishop 
of  Mississippi,  was  our  place  of  worship,  as  it  has  continued 
to  be  our  parish  church  in  Chapel  Hill  up  to  the  present 
time.  You  will  pardon  these  personal  recollections,  which 
must  always  color  my  feelings  towards  this  my  first  parish. 
You  are  all  familiar  with  the  present  condition  of  our  State 
University.  It  numbers  more  than  two  thousand  students  and 
I  know  not  how  many  hundred  professors,  tutors  and  instruc- 
tors of  one  kind  and  another.  In  its  relation  to  the  history, 
the  education,  the  present  life  and  the  vital  interests  of  the 
people  of  the  whole  State,  I  do  not  believe  it  has  its  like 
among  the  institutions  of  learning  in  the  United  States ;  and 
it  promises  increasing  expansion  in  numbers  and  influence 
in  the  near  future.  And  the  little  Chapel  of  the  Cross  of 
Bishop  Green's  day  is  still  our  only  church  at  this  great  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina. 

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But  a  wider  prospect  opens  before  this  important  parish, 
even  as  a  new  era  has  come  to  the  University.  There  is  now 
rising  by  the  side  of  this  older  building,  to  be  joined  with 
it  by  an  ample  Parish-House  and  by  the  stone  arches  of  a 
beautiful  cloister,  as  they  will  ever  be  joined  in  holy  associa- 
tions and  in  useful  work,  the  stately  walls  of  a  stone  church,  to 
meet  the  increased  congregations,  and,  when  completed,  to 
be  one  of  the  most  beautiful  churches  in  the  State  of  North 
Carolina.  The  great  work  so  worthily  planned  and  so  sorely 
needed,  is  the  generous  and  wise  provision  of  Mr.  William 
A.  Erwin  of  St.  Philip's  church,  Durham;  and  with  my 
cordial  sympathy  and  approval  he  wishes  to  have  it  stand  as 
a  memorial  to  his  maternal  grandfather,  the  late  Dr.  Wm.  R. 
Holt,  of  Lexington,  a  graduate  of  the  University,  a  dis- 
tinguished and  eminently  useful  citizen,  and  one  of  th/e  lead- 
ing laymen  of  this  Diocese,  and  a  member  of  this  Convention 
in  the  early  days  of  our  diocesan  life.  Such  an  act  does  not 
need  to  be  heralded  with  many  words ;  but  I  cannot  refrain 
from  saying  that,  in  my  judgment,  no  more  important  or 
more  necessary  work  for  the  Church  or  the  University  has 
marked  this  day  of  many  noble  and  generous  gifts  for  the 
Church  and  for  the  State. 

I  do  not  feel  that  I  can  conclude  this  address  without  a 
word  of  counsel  in  regard  to  the  recent  discussions  arising 
out  of  the  brief  Pastoral  Letter  put  forth  by  the  House  of 
Bishops  at  their  meeting  in  Dallas  last  November. 

At  that  meeting  a  Memorial  signed  by  many  eminent  lay- 
men of  the  Church  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Bishops,  asking  their  counsel  as  to  the  obligation 
of  the  Articles  of  Faith  set  forth  in  the  Creed;  whether 
Christians  were  required  to  believe  the  statements  contained 
in  the  Creed.  To  this  the  Bishops  replied,  in  effect,  that  the 
members  of  the  Church  should  accept  with  heart  and  mind 
the  statements  which  they  utter  with  their  lips  in  the  solemn 
service  of  God.      This  is  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  the 

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Dallas  Pastoral  Letter.  It  was  drawn  up  by  a  committee 
to  whom  the  memorial  had  been  referred ;  it  was  reported  to 
and  read  in  the  House  of  Bishops;  and  it  was  then  adopted 
by  the  House  without  one  dissenting  voice.  I  believe  that 
this  plain  answer  to  a  plain  question  has  been  received  with 
satisfaction  by  a  vast  majority  of  our  clergy  and  laity.  What 
they  confess  with  their  mouth  they  believe  in  their  heart. 
The  whole  Church  would  have  been  inexpressibly  shocked 
had  they  been  told  that  they  need  not  believe  what  they  had 
been  required  to  profess  in  their  Baptism  and  to  repeat  in 
almost  every  service. 

Some  prominent  clergymen,  however,  who  have  not  been 
backward  in  setting  forth  their  own  opinions,  have  seemed 
much  distressed  that  the  Bishops  of  the  Church  should  ven- 
ture to  express  a  judgment  upon  a  question  put  to  them  con- 
cerning Christian  truth  and  duty.  They  have  declared  public- 
ly from  their  pulpits  and  through  the  press  their  strong  dis- 
sent from  the  Bishops'  Pastoral ;  and  in  some  cases  have  not 
hesitated  to  say  that  therein  the  Bishops  had  shown  themselves 
both  presumptuous  and  ignorant.  The  Article  in  the  Creed 
which  has  been  specially  called  in  question  is  that  which  as- 
serts the  Virgin  Birth  of  our  Lord,  with  sometimes  an  in- 
sinuation also  against  the  fact  of  our  Lord's  Eesurrection. 

It  is  not  denied  that  these  Articles  of  the  Creed  are  part 
of  the  Doctrine  of  Christ,  "as  this  Church  hath  received  the 
same,''  which  every  Priest  at  his  ordination  is  pledged  to  ac- 
cept and  to  teach ;  nor  is  it  denied  that  they  may  be  "con- 
cluded and  proved  by  the  Scripture,"  as  the  Scriptures  are 
received  and  read  in  the  ( 'hurch. 

It  is  pointed  out  that  there  was  no  statement  of  the  Virgin 
Birth  in  the  xNicene  Creed  until  the  Council  of  Calcedon, 
450  A.D.  It  is  not,  however,  denied  that  in  the  period  of 
the  great  Councils,  belief  in  the  Virgin  Birth  was  universal 
amongst  Christians ;  and  there  is  evidence  that  in  the  simpler 
baptismal  confession,  the  Virgin  Birth  was  asserted  from  the 

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earliest  times.  The  heresies  which  vexed  the  Eastern 
Church,  and  which  were  dealt  with  at  Nicaea,  Constantino- 
ple, and  Chalcedon,  all  had  relation  to  our  Lord's  divine 
nature.  Though  the  Virgin  Birth  is  not  specifically  men- 
tioned in  the  Creed  as  put  forth  by  the  Councils  before  that 
of  Calcedon,  I  think  no  one  can  read  the  terms  in  which  all 
those  Councils  set  forth  our  Lord's  divine  nature,  and  the 
fact  of  His  Incarnation,  and  fail  to  recognize  that  they  as- 
sume that  miraculous  Birth  which  was  the  common  belief  of 
all  Christians. 

But  it  is  frankly  and  honestly  stated  by  the  objectors  to 
the  Bishops'  Pastoral,  that  their  difficulty  does  not  relate  to 
the  statement  as  to  the  Virgin  Birth  alone,  but  to  the  whole 
attitude  of  the  Bishops  towards  the  acceptance  of  the  Creed 
and  the  obligation  to  believe  its  several  articles.  Their  con- 
tention, so  far  as  I  can  understand  it,  is  that  the  scientifically 
trained  mind  of  the  present  day  cannot  accept  the  statements 
of  the  Creed  or  of  the  Scriptures;  and  that  being  thus  out 
of  harmony  with  the  general  laws  and  principles  recognized 
by  the  most  advanced  modern  thought,  the  Christian  tradi- 
tion, the  Creeds  of  the  Church,  and  the  Scriptures  of  the 
JSTew  Testament,  must  bq  revised  and  readjusted  to  meet  the 
advance  of  human  knowledge,  and  the  present  habit  of  the 
scientifically  trained  intellect. 

ISTow  I  am  but  ill  qualified  to  discuss  these  questions  in 
any  minuteness  of  detail.  Yet  there  are  some  simple  prin- 
ciples which  give  my  mind  and  my  heart  courage  and  assur- 
ance in  the  face  of  all  such  contentions  and  assaults  upon  the 
"Faith  once  delivered  to  the  Saints." 

I  am  quite  aware  that  science,  dealing  with  this  material 
Universe,  can  recognize  only  general  and  immutable  laws  and 
the  adamantine  chain  of  cause  and  effect.  But  there  is  some- 
thing in  life  above  material  forces  and  natural  laws.  The 
Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  professes  to  come  from 
above.     He  presents  himself  to  us  as  the  Revealer  of  heavenly 

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life  and  truth ;  and  I  accept  Him  as  such ;  and  thus  accepting 
Him,  I  refuse  to  recognize  the  authority  of  science,  or  to 
respect  the  scientifically  trained  intelligence,  when  it  under- 
takes to  extend  its  authority  into  the  spiritual  realm,  and  to 
tell  me  what  to  believe  and  what  not  to  believe  about  my 
Lord  and  my  God.  Science  does  not  know  God  with  any 
renewing  and  saving  knowledge.  It  knows  God,  if  it  knows 
Him  at  all,  only  in  the  earthquake,  the  wind  and  the  fire, 
not  in  the  still  small  voice  of  the  Spirit.  It  assumes,  and  it 
rightly  assumes  for  its  purposes,  the  eternity,  backward  and 
forward,  of  the  Universe  and  its  existing  laws.  It  knows  noth- 
ing of  creation,  it  knows  only  methods  and  processes  of 
evolution  and  growth.  Whether  frankly  materialistic,  or 
recognizing  mind  as  the  foundation  of  matter,  it  must  limit 
its  view  to  the  existing  Universe  and  its  established  order.  It 
has  no  eyes  to  see,  and  no  understanding  to  measure  any 
facts  or  values  other  than  these.  Science  is  true  and  reliable, 
and  in  a  manner  sacred,  within  its  own  sphere.  But  Christi- 
anity is  the  revelation  of  truth  lying  back  of  all  present 
material  existence,  and  comes  to  us  from  Him  Who  exists  in 
Himself,  before,  above  and  beyond  this  Universe ;  Who  made 
it  and  can  destroy  it.  Our  Lord  and  Master  is  the  Revealer 
of  a  Life  above  the  knowledge  of  the  wise.  That  the  scien- 
tific mind —  as  scientific — should  not  know  Him  or  the  things 
of  His  Kingdom,  is  what  always  has  been  and  always  must  be. 
He  tells  us,  ''Except  ye  become  as  little  children,  ye  shall 
not  enter  into  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven."  He  says  that  His 
Father  hath  "hidden  these  things  from  the  wise  and  prudent 
and  hath  revealed  them  unto  babes."  St.  Paul  tells  us  that 
"the  natural  man  receiveth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of 
God ;  for  they  are  foolishness  unto  Him ;  neither  can  he 
know  them,  because  they  are  spiritually  discerned."  The 
old  Gnostic  was  just  as  sure  of  himself  as  is  modern  science; 
and  was  just  as  incapable  of  estimating  spiritual  forces  and 
values.     Science  knows  nothing  about  God,  in  the  Christian 

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conception  of  God,  nothing  about  goodness  or  love,  or  free- 
dom, nothing  of  sin  or  pardon,  of  grace  and  redemption. 
When  the  scientific  mind  has  reduced  Christian  truth  to  the 
terms  of  its  own  knowledge,  and  has  coordinated  Christian 
doctrine  with  its  scientific  theories,  then  the  life  and  power 
of  Christianity  will  have  vanished.  Science  has  no  hnalty; 
it  changes  from  day  to  day.  The  Church  has  at  one  time 
and  another  tried  to  ally  itself  with  this  system  of  philosophy, 
or  with  that  theory  of  science,  and  always  to  its  loss  and  dis- 
credit. I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker  of 
heaven  and  earth;  and  in  Jesus  Christ,  His  Son,  our  Lord, 
Who  was  born  of  the  Virgin,  suffered  and  died  for  me;  rose 
again  from  the  dead,  and  ascended  into  Heaven,  and  shall 
judge  the  quick  and  the  dead.  It  is  all  beyond  my  compre- 
hension. The  Virgin  Birth  is  about  the  simplest  and  least 
incomprehensible  statement  of  them  all.  But  science  knows 
nothing  about  any  of  them.  It  cannot  prove  or  disprove  one 
of  them.  In  their  full  significance  and  value  I  cannot  under- 
stand them.  But  I  believe  them.  My  heart  and  my  mind 
rest  secure  and  satisfied  upon  them.  I  know  them ;  and  I 
feel  confident  that  they  shall  endure  beyond  any  present 
known  principle  or  theory  of  human  science.  They  are  eter- 
nal verities.  Science  is  of  today ;  possibly,  and  only  possibly, 
of  tomorrow  also ;  but  not  forever. 

"O,  Timothy,  keep  that  which  is  committed  to  thy  trust; 
avoiding  profane  and  vain  babblings  and  oppositions  of 
science1 — Knosis,  knowledge,  falsely  so  called  which  some 
professing  have  erred  concerning  the  Faith." 

Jos.  Blount  Cheshire, 

Bishop. 

May,  1924. 


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The  Bishop's  Account.  1923 

[This  account  does  not  include  moneys  merely  passing  through  his 
hands  to  a  designated  person  or  object.'] 

receipts : 

Cash  on  hand  January  1 $    359.80 

Collections  at  Visitations 433.25 

Through  J.  Renwick  Wilkes,  Treas. 

From  the  Woman's  Auxiliary $    156.86 

For   Colored   Work    230.57 

Henderson    Sunday    School    12.00 

Henderson  Church  Service  League 3.42 

402.85 

From,  Henry  A.  London,  Treas.,  Hall  Fund   1,281.63 

From  sale  of  Ford  car 300.00 

American  Church  Building  Fund  Commission 1,000.00 

Borrowed  from  the  Bank 1,093.92 

To  balance  by  error  in  "Specials" .50 


$4,871.95 

DISBURSEMENTS  : 

Diocesan  Missions,  White: 

Balance  on  Ford   Car $  47.30 

Rev.  Clarence  O.  Pardo   150.00 

Newett  Webb,  Catechist 25.00 

Rev.  Basil  M.  Walton  50.00 

Rev.  Henry  D.  C.  Mazyck 50.00 

$322.30 

Diocesan  Missions,   Colored: 

Transferred  to  Bishop  Penick    350.00 

Education  Fund — Books  for  candidates 27.15 

Buildings,  etc.: 

Lot  in  Macclesfield    300.00 

Rectory    2,806.08 

3,106.08 


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MlS'OELLAXEOUS   Accouwt: 

On  account  sickness  Rev.  John  H.  Crosby 25.00 

On  account  sickness  N.  Collin  Hughes........      100.00 

Chapel  at  Samarcand   50.00 

Insurance  on,  Mission  property   30.63 

Repairing  house  in  Milton   23.35 

Hymnals    for    Missions    22.10 

Erroneous  payment  refunded  12.00 

263.08 

Paid  on  account;  of  note  in  bank   400.00 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st 403.34 


1,871.95 


I  still  owe  to  the  Bank  $700.00  on  account  of  the  money  borrowed 
as  in  above  account. 

Jos.  Blount  Cheshire,   Bishop. 


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